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City manager announces July retirement; council directs internal recruitment for successor
Summary
The Baldwin Park city manager announced an intent to retire in July and asked the council to authorize human resources to begin recruitment. Council members praised his service and unanimously directed HR to open an internal recruitment and proceed expeditiously.
Baldwin Park — City Manager Enrique (full name not specified in the transcript) informed the City Council on April 2 that he intends to retire in July and asked for council direction to begin the search for his successor. The council unanimously directed Human Resources to begin an internal recruitment process.
“I am informing the council that, of my intent to retire sometime in July,” the city manager said, notifying the council he would complete retirement filings with the retirement system and asked for direction to start the recruitment and selection process.
Council members responded with praise for the manager’s four years of service and several councilmembers urged the city to seek qualified candidates from within the existing city workforce. The mayor said she preferred an internal promotion and councilmembers agreed, instructing HR to post the position internally and to move “expeditiously.”
Staff did not set a precise retirement date beyond July and indicated they would provide details on recruitment timing and application procedures; the council’s direction was to begin an internal process immediately and only proceed to an external search if necessary.
Ending — The council’s direction to HR to begin an internal recruitment will be implemented promptly. No appointment was made at the April 2 meeting; further steps will follow the city’s personnel rules for executive recruitment.
